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Two New Maine Energy Bills Signed Into Law
On March 19, 2026 LD1964 was signed as an emergency bill clarifying that solar energy equipment and contracts for shared financial interests in distributed generation resources count as “merchandise” for laws governing consumer solicitation and transient sellers of consumer merchandise.
This new Act establish additional requirements related to the sale or lease of net energy billing interests and solar energy equipment.
This new law also sets out a standard disclosure that will be required prior to the sale or lease of behind-the-meter solar energy equipment as of June 1, 2026.
Gov. Mills also signed LD1949 requiring the Maine Public Utility Commission to develop an affordability metric for assessing bill impacts and to evaluate all electric delivery rate components for ways to contain customer costs, reduce volatility, and increase transparency.
The enacted version of the bill differs significantly from the bill as introduced, as legislators eliminated provisions that would have prevented third-party suppliers from servicing low-income customers.
